For the [horses mouth](https://web.archive.org/web/20180819145940/http://shitelonsays.com/transcript/npc-luncheon-with-elon-musk-2011-09-29 https://web.archive.

For the [horses mouth](https://web.archive.org/web/20180819145940/http://shitelonsays.com/transcript/npc-luncheon-with-elon-musk-2011-09-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20180819145940/http://shitelonsa...): "The most you could said is that [Tesla] executives were too optimistic. They presented a better face to the situation that should have been presented in the final few months, but then, if they didn't do that, it would have become a self-fulfilling prophecy - as soon as a CEO says I'm not sure if we'll survive, you're dead. You know, I think people are making too much of this [Tesla] thing."